Dust mop for application to a broom or other carrier



June 7, 1955 B. v. HALL 2,709,824

DUST MOP FOR APPLICATION TO A BROOM OR OTHER GARRIER Filed July 29, 1949INVENTOR.

DUST lvIOP FOR APPLICATION TO A BROOM OR OTHER CARRIER Barbara ValloHall, Altadena, Calif.

Application July 29, 1949, Serial No. 107,539

2 Claims. (Cl. -247) This invention relates to dust mops and moreparticularly to such mops which are secured to brooms cover the brushpart thereof.

Broom cover dust mops known heretofore consist of bags of textilematerial slipped over the bristles of the broom and secured to the broomby tying with strings or tape fastened on the bags. These broom coverdust mops become dirty very quickly and when cleaning the walls andceilings of several rooms it is necessary to replace the bag frequentlywith a clean one.

The primary object of this invention is to overcome this difiiculty andto provide a broom cover dust mop which is equipped with a plurality ofdust cloths overlying each other and adapted to be used in successionwithout removing the dust mop from the broom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a broom cover dust mop ofthe character indicated above comprising a canvas bag or the likeadapted to receive the bristles of a broom and having the lower outersurface portion of each of its sides covered by a dust cloth.

A further object of the invention is to provide a broom cover dust mopof the character indicated above having a plurality of additional dustcloths secured thereon overlying the dust cloth covering one sideportion of the canvas bag and adapted to be individually pulleddownwardly and around the lower edge of the bag into position overlyingthe dust cloth covering the lower portion of the other side of the bag.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved dustmop, whereby certain advantages are attained, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now proceedto describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawingswherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a dust mop constructed inaccordance with the invention, showing in broken lines, a portion of abroom to which the mop is applied.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the mop.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the broom cover dust mop ofthe present invention comprises a flat bag 10 preferably made fromcanvas or the like and provided in the upper portion of one of its sidemargins with a longitudinal slot 11, the edges of which are reinforcedby tape 12 secured to the bag 10 by sewing. The upper edge of the bag 10is reinforced by tape 13 sewn onto the bag and extending beyond theedges of the slot 11 to form bands 14 by means of which the bag is tiedonto the head of a broom 15, after the head of said broom is inserted inthe bag. The

States Patent 'ice slot 11 facilitates the placing of the bag over thebroom head or bristles.

The lower portion of the outside surface of each side of the bag 10 iscovered by a dust cloth 16 secured to the bag by sewing as at 17. Overone of the dust cloths 16 a plurality of additional dust cloths 18 isdisposed and all the dust cloths 16 and 18 are secured to the bag 10 bysewing as at 19 along the bottom edge of said bag and at 20 along thetwo lateral edge seams of the bag. The free top edges 21 of theadditional dust cloths 18 are reinforced in any preferred suitablemanner as, for instance, by overcasting the edges.

The above described dust mop is attached to a broom 15 by inserting thehead, or bristles of the broom, into the bag 10 and tying the bands 14around the broom to secure the mop in working position. This providestwo dusting or mopping surfaces, one on each side of the bag 10. One isrepresented by the outside surface of the outermost dust cloth 18 andthe other by the outside surface of the dust cloth 16 disposed on theside of the bag. When the dust cloths are soiled, clean mopping surfacescan be had by first slipping the bag from the broom head and simplypulling the outermost dust cloth 18 down, around the bottom edge of thebag and up on the other side, so that the clean inner surface of saiddust cloth is ready for use, and the next dust cloth is uncovered, sothat two new clean dusting surfaces are presented and the bag is thenreplaced on the broom head for use.

This can be repeated until both sides of all additional dust cloths 18have been used, when the dust mop can be removed for the purpose ofwashing it.

I claim:

1. A broom cover dust mop comprising a textile bag adapted to receive abroom head, the bag being open at the top and said opening extendingdown along one edge through approximately half the length of the bag,means encircling the edge of the top opening for closing the same, adust cloth covering approximately the lower half of each side of the bagand secured along its top edge to the bag, a plurality of layers of dustcloths overlying the first cloth, and stitching along the bottom andside edges of the first cloth and the plurality of cloths and securingthe several cloths to the bag, said layers of cloths being free alongtheir top edges and adapted to be turned from one side of the bag to lieflatly against the opposite side thereof for use.

2. A broom cover dust mop comprising a textile bag adapted to receive abroom head, the bag being open at the top, means encircling the edge ofthe top opening for closing the same, a dust cloth coveringapproximately the lower half of each side of the bag. and secured alongits top edge to the bag, a plurality of layers of dust cloths overlyingthe first cloth, and stitching along the bottom and side edges of thefirst cloth and the plurality of cloths and securing the several clothsto the bag, said layers of cloths being free along their top edges andadapted to be turned from one side of the bag to lie flatly against theopposite side thereof for use.

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